About Film Streams

Film Streams is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the cultural environment of the Omaha-Council Bluffs area through the presentation and discussion of film as an art form. In July 2007, we opened the Ruth Sokolof Theater, our two-screen cinema located within the Saddle Creek Records development in downtown Omaha.

Open seven days a week, our cinema hosts four principal programs:

First Run Films
American independents, documentaries, and foreign films making their theatrical premieres in Omaha and the surrounding region.

Repertory Selections
Classic films, themed series, and director retrospectives, featuring films from throughout the history of cinema and contributions by guest curators (Alexander Payne Presents, August 2007; Kurt Andersen's Out There: Nebraska and the Great Plains in the Movies, November 2007).

Arts in Education
Diverse programming teaching area high school students how to interpret films in a cultural context, empathize with characters in ways that are beneficial to their own personal development, and analyze film as an art form. Please visit our Education page for more information.

Community Development
Lectures, forums, Q&A sessions with film professionals, partnerships with other nonprofits and community groups on film-based events, and other activities that engage the public in a continuous dialogue about film and contribute to a vibrant local arts community.

Film Streams' Community Development Program RFP
Film Streams' Community Development Program Application

Click here for information about Film Streams' Local Filmmakers Showcase.

As a nonprofit committed to screening films based on their creative, artistic, and social merits, Film Streams depends on the support of our membership program, individual donors, grants from foundations, corporations and government organizations, and community volunteers.

Film Streams 2009 Annual Report

Film Streams 2008 Year-End Report